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PPIAF Supports the Development of the New National Infrastructure Agency in Colombia

The Republic of Colombia (Colombia) is an upper middle-income country, with a population of approximately 47.7 million people and a GNI per capita of US$6,990 in 2012. Colombia has a stable…

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Contingent liabilities: The Colombian Experience

This report describes, from the conceptual framework for contingent liabilities, the valuation for the fiscal commitments arising from infrastructure projects developed under public-private…

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Colombia: Ruta del Sol

This series showcases how the World Bank Group supports the development and implementation of public-private partnerships. This support comes in the form of public sector loans, private sector…

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Toll-road concessions: The Chilean experience

This study assesses the development of the toll road con- cessions program, examining the regulatory framework, bid- ding system, and private financing arrangements. Chapter 2 focuses on the…

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Brazil: Suape Container Terminal

This series showcases how the World Bank Group supports the development and implementation of public-private partnerships. This support comes in the form of public sector loans, private sector…

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International Gas Trade-The Bolivia-Brazil Gas Pipeline

The Bolivia-Brazil natural gas pipeline, which will transport natural gas more than 3,000 kilometers, will cost US$2.1 billion to construct. Despite the substantial benefits for both Bolivia and…

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Argentina: The Salta Water Public-Private Partnership

The note explains that a number of considerations embedded in the contract and the Government's continuous commitment to make the Salta Water Public-Private Partnership (PPP) sustainable in the long-…

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Brazil: Hospital do Subúrbio

This series provides an overview of public-private partnership stories in various infrastructure sectors, where IFC was the lead advisor.

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Brazil: Galeão and Confins Airports

This series showcases how the World Bank Group supports the development and implementation of public-private partnerships. This support comes in the form of public sector loans, private sector…

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Managing Municipal Solid Waste in Latin America and the Caribbean: Integrating the Private Sector, Harnessing Incentives

Latin America’s urban areas generate about 369,000 tons a day of solid waste. Ensuring that the waste is collected and disposed of properly will require strengthening the strategic role of…

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Improving Energy Efficiency in Street Lighting in Brazilian Cities

PPIAF, in partnership with The World Bank and The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), recently undertook a viability study for investments in energy efficiency in the public street…

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Brazil: Belo Horizonte Schools

This series provides an overview of public-private partnership stories in various infrastructure sectors, where IFC was the lead advisor.

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PPIAF Supports a Water Utility in Brazil’s Frontier Region

PPIAF’s Sub-National Technical Assistance (SNTA) provided technical assistance in 2010 to help the Brazilian water utility (DESO) prepare financial projections and a credit memorandum on the company.…

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Salida de operadores privados internacionales de agua en América Latina: The exit of international water private operators in Latin America

Many of international water operators, which were operating water and sewerage services in Latin America, withdrew from the region during the first five years of the new millennium. The study…

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Colombia: Ruta del Sol

Good highway infrastructure is essential to economic development. The Colombian government backed this concept in July 2010 when it awarded the concession of the third and final section for the…

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The Challenges to Small Caribbean Ports

Report discussing port sector reform approach for smaller islands in the Caribbean, faced with the very particular challenge, where the port is the gateway in and out of the country. 

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Brazil: Suape Container Terminal

As part of a major port sector reform program, the government of the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco hired IFC as the principal advisor on the public-private partnershipfor the first…

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Airport Economics in Latin America and the Caribbean

The book presents a positive and unbiased analysis of events, rather than a normative analysis of what should be done to reform the airport sector or to attract private participation. It focuses on…

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Uncovering the Drivers of Utility Performance

This book conducts a micro-level analysis of various determinants of infrastructure sector performance that affect development. This book focuses on the distribution segment of three basic…

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The 2017 Infrascope: Evaluating the environment for public-private partnerships in Latin America and the Caribbean

This document is the fifth edition of an informa- tional tool and benchmarking index that assesses the capacity of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to carry out sustainable pub- lic-…

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Metodología general ajustada para la identificación, preparación y evaluación de proyectos de inversión

Pages 79–84 in the General Adjusted Methodology for the Identification, Preparation, and Evaluation of Projects provide guidelines for the Technical Feasibility Studies that should be carried out at…